Windows 10 Computers not waking on LAN

Bob Vitter 181 Reputation points
2021-11-18T16:44:13.543+00:00

Small network, 14 Windows 10 21H1 computers

Some will wake on Remote Connection or Wake-On-Lan command, others will not, unable to wake one even when it is being used by another user

All show NIC as wake armed

Hybrid Sleep off

Wake Timers enabled

OCI Express Link State Off

USB Power setting Enabled

Multimedia Allow Sleep Prevented

NIC settings - Wake on Kagic Packet, Wake on Pattern Match, Link Speed 10Mbps

NIC Power - Allow device to wake, Only allow magic packet to wake

BIOS is updated

BIOS Hibernation disabled - when an option

BIOS NIC Wake-On-Lan enabled

BIOS Deep Sleep setting disabled - when an option

What a else should I try - we need to be able to wake computers to establish a Remote Session

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Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
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  1. Philippe Levesque 5,691 Reputation points MVP
    2021-11-18T18:16:19.283+00:00

    Hi

    Make sure you don't have "green" switch in between. Those switch turn off the port when there is inactivity to save electricy, but that can prevent the WOL packet to be seen by the computer, as technicaly speaking it's not the Pc that start the transmission when the WOL packet come in, so those switch often just keep the port off.

    Thanks

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  2. Bob Vitter 181 Reputation points
    2021-11-18T18:38:41.867+00:00

    We have a single LinkSys 24 port switch that all PCs are plugged into
    7 will wake on LAN, 7 will not

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